Mental Health Parity Rules on Pause: Insurance Ghostbusters Needed
Trump’s mental health love-hate saga continues with a plot twist that feels like a TV drama crossover. After campaigning hard on mental health, his administration stalled Biden's *mighty* new rules aiming to hold insurers accountable when they deny coverage. According to Ali Khawar, ex-EBSA second-in-command, ‘the agency isn’t equipped to open new investigations quickly.’ Meanwhile, the Senate wants to stick to staffing cuts that shrink EBSA’s workforce nearly 20% by 2026. ERIC, the insurance industry's designated drama llama, sues over rules they call 'vague' and 'impossible to meet'. Mental health care just got ghosted harder than your last Tinder date.
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Trump’s admin shouted ‘mental health crisis!’ then ghosted enforcement like a high school slacker dodging a group project. Meanwhile, insurance companies chuckle in the corner, sipping their denial cocktails. Mental health parity? More like mental health parody.
EBSA staff dropping 20% and rules paused? It’s like they’re playing hide and seek with mental health care — spoiler alert, no one's finding it.
ERIC suing because rules are ‘too vague’ is like a pirate demanding clearer maps so they can rob less effectively.
Source: Propublica | Published: 8/18/2025 | Author: by Maya Miller and Jeremy Kohler
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